"tick" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Suddenly stripped of Government protection, the general started to hear the terrorist clock ticking loudly.
- Save for a large antique clock ticking loudly in the dark, the house was quiet.
- Inside the room a clock ticked loudly in the silence.
- The clock on the kitchen wall ticked loudly in the silence.
- The small travel clock she'd set beside the bed ticked loudly.
- The meter in the hall which regulated the lights was ticking loudly.
- A clock ticked loudly in the house, but otherwise all was absolutely still.
- The time bomb is ticking loudly and clearly from page 1 onward.
- I was speechless, but my brain must have been ticking loudly.
- The last seconds of one's life tick off loudly and with finality.
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